Urgent Broadband Question

[The Jogger]

I'm moving to a new place the BB is one to three mb if I get fibre I have to take out a 18 month contract for about £700. How bad would the 1-3 mb be. I have someone calling me back in a few minutes.

Sorry a bit rushed. It's a little bit out in the sticks, on the exchange bt have used up their share of fibre but Plusnet can supply us. In twelve months we will be moving to Spain and will rent this flat out. So I will bite the bullet and go for Plusnet, based on the replies.

Thanks and sorry about the confusion.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I used to have about that mb with bt..it works.but not great
i have virgin now and that is brilliant...why 18mth contract?..cant u shop around

 

[NorthernDave]

If they mean one to three mb you'll find it painfully slow and won't be able to stream movies, etc
We went on holiday and chose a cottage with 'broadband wi-fi' - on arrival we found it was 'up to 8mb' and was shared between two properties. I tried to stream the MotoGp and found it a nightmare and any attempt to connect another device resulted in the connection being dropped or minutes of buffering. I spent a lot of that holiday in the pub (using their wi-fi - the fact they served beer was incidental )
I've got BT Infinity and get up to 76 mb(typically it's usually about 72, but who's counting?) and think it's worth the money. We can have 5 or 6 devices connected and there is no noticeable drop in speed.

 

[steve50]

I'm moving to a new place the BB is 1_3 mb if I get fibre I have to take out a 18 month contract for about 700. How bad would the 1-3 mb be. I have someone calling me back in a few minutes.

1_3mb?????
18 month contract for 700??????
your question is a bit cryptic, If you can get fibre why not go for bt infinity or virgin media, I am on virgin and regularly get 106mbps regardless of time of day.

 

[midlife]

700= £700 ? Seems a bit steep for 18 mts.

Shaun

 

[vickster]

I pay under £25 a month to virgin for up to 50mb unlimited including line rental

 

[jefmcg]

Is that in megabits/second? The numbers seem very wrong for that. That's not fibre speeds, it's ADSL 1, a long way from the exchange. And the price is way off, too. I'm admittedly in a well serviced area, but I am paying a little over half that for 50mbs and a land line I never wanted.

 

[jefmcg]

Try putting your postcode into one of these
http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/
http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/
http://www.moneysupermarket.com/broadband/

 

[The Jogger]

[QUOTE 4117014, member: 45"]What does 1_3mb mean? 13mb? It's ok, but will stutter movies.

We have BT Infinity and regularly get 27. Nothing buffers.[/QUOTE]
I have edited the original post. Thanks

 

[The Jogger]

I pay under £25 a month to virgin for up to 50mb unlimited including line rental

No virgin there yet

 

[The Jogger]

I used to have about that mb with bt..it works.but not great
i have virgin now and that is brilliant...why 18mth contract?..cant u shop around

I've tried but there are only a couple that can supply fibre.

 

[pplpilot]

My sister is out in the sticks and lucky if she gets 3mb, granted downloading etc can be slow, but netflix streams fine. I was staggerd it did, must be somthing clever going on with netflix.

 

[jefmcg]

I've tried but there are only a couple that can supply fibre.

if fibre only gets you 3megabits/second, don't get fibre. The only real advantage of fibre over DSL is speed.

 

[jefmcg]

My sister is out in the sticks and lucky if she gets 3mb

I hope she isn't locked into a 18 month contract and paying £38/month.

(BT charge 22.50 a month for ADSL on a 12 month contract. It's unlikely to be any slower than 1 mbs unless you are a very long way from an exchange)